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Cheung, Monit – Research on Social Work Practice, 2008
Objective: This study is centered on interviewing techniques with alleged child sexual abuse victims who do and do not disclose sexual abuse. Method: Ninety randomly selected videotapes are reviewed, and the interviewing techniques are recorded on a 69-item Child Sexual Abuse Interviewing Skills Instrument. Results: The nondisclosure children are…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Discriminant Analysis, Interviews
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Church, Wesley T., II; Wakeman, Emily E.; Miller, Sarah L.; Clements, Carl B.; Sun, Fei – Research on Social Work Practice, 2008
Objectives: The objective of this study was to examine the nature of individual attitudes toward sex offenders. Because the term "sex offender" tends to evoke strong emotions, and given that open-ended self reports tend to be highly subjective, particularly in the context of such pointed terminology, this study sought to develop an attitude…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Community Attitudes, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics
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Corcoran, Jacqueline; Pillai, Vijayan – Research on Social Work Practice, 2008
Sexual abuse in children not only occurs with alarming frequency, it also potentially leads to deleterious consequences for victims. Previous narrative reviews have touted the benefits of including the nonoffending caregiver in child sexual treatment. Objective: A meta-analysis is conducted to determine the effects of parent-involved treatment in…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Therapy, Parent Participation
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Nalavany, Blace A.; Abell, Neil – Research on Social Work Practice, 2004
Objective/Method: The Sexual Abuse of Males Perceptions Scale (SAMPS) is a measure designed to assess an individual's personal and projected social perceptions of myths about the sexual abuse of boys and men. Myths are rigid, stereotypical beliefs that invalidate the experiences and minimize the profound effects of sexual abuse on boys and men.…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Psychometrics, Males, Social Work
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Sedlak, Andrea J.; Doueck, Howard J.; Lyons, Peter; Wells, Susan J.; Schultz, Dana; Gragg, Francis – Research on Social Work Practice, 2005
Objectives: Characteristics of the child victim, perpetrator, and maltreatment incident were used to examine predictors of court involvement in cases of serious child maltreatment. Method: Cases were drawn from those reported to: child protective services (n = 225), "sheriff's office" ( n = 225), "prosecutor's office" ( n = 60), "and dependency…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Criminals, Justice
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Gentry, Amanda L.; Dulmus, Catherine N.; Theriot, Matthew T. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2005
Objective: This study compares sex offender risk classification using two popular actuarial risk assessment instruments--the Static-99 and the Level of Service Inventory-Revised (LSI-R). Despite their extensive use, the two scales assess different types of risk factors and research has yet to compare them. Method: Static-99 and LSI-R risk…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Risk, Classification, Comparative Analysis
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O'Hare, Thomas; Shen, Ce; Sherrer, Margaret – Research on Social Work Practice, 2007
Objective: Interview data collected from 275 clients with severe mental illnesses are used to test the construct and criterion validity of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Scale (PSS). Method: First, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses are used to test whether the scale reflects the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Mental Disorders, Predictive Validity
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Edmond, Tonya; Sloan, Lacey; McCarty, Dawn – Research on Social Work Practice, 2004
Objective: This article examines survivor perspectives of the effectiveness of two different treatments for trauma symptoms among adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse--Eye movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and eclectic therapy. Method: Qualitative interviews obtained in the context of a mixed-methods study were conducted…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Eye Movements, Coping, Therapy
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